I am sad to say that with caring for JoeJo over the past few months, while his health was at it’s worst, I neglected my other Shih Tzus. I don’t mean neglect in the sense of food, clothing or love, I neglected their exercise needs. Since little Miss Trixie came on the scene, I have always had to take the stroller out with us when we go on walks, because about half way through our walk, she would be so winded she couldn’t walk anymore. It was a scary situation but at the time I felt any exercise is better than none, so we would walk, she’d get tired, I’d toss her in the stroller and continue walking the other dogs. This worked for a while but I actually stopped my walks last year when a man started following me in a car… luckily I came out unscathed, but I didn’t want to go out for walks anymore. Last night though I convinced my hubby to go out on a walk with me and Trixie gave me inspiration to jump back on the wagon and get all the girls healthy and fit!
Why?
On our walk Trixie did not become winded or exhausted! Her initial weight loss was 17.5 pounds to 14.5, a successful 3 pound loss with the help of our vet and a Rx food. It’s amazing what 3 pounds can do, what if we lose 3 more pounds? I was not comfortable feeding her that ‘Science’ stuff, so as of today with proper nutrition (The Honest Kitchen Preference) and exercise I have set a goal for her to lose .5 to 1 lb per month, giving her a 3 to 6 month time period to drop that weight. In the meantime I also need to lose about 40 lbs and I think a 6 month goal for me is good 🙂
So join us as we take this journey together!
That’s a gorgeous picture! Good luck on your journey. Our Sydney had a little junk in the trunk and she’s looking svelte now!
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Thanks so much. She has a way to go, but we’ll be doing it together 🙂
This is great! And what a great picture! Starting back up can be tough – I used to travel at least half of every month and whenever I’d return from a trip (where I’d try to get to the gym or walk at the beach but it really didn’t happen), jumping back into long power walks with the dogs was never easy. I just got back from vacation and boy was that first morning rough! Good luck with the challenge and thank goodness the strange guy isn’t following you anymore!
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Good job Trixie. Best of luck to you both on meeting your goals!
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It’s so awesome that you can see a difference! (and more than a little scary about the guy in the car.) It can be such a challenge to get that weight off, but luckily, Trixie has an awesome support behind her. Like you, I could probably stand to lose 30 or 40 lbs. Time to get my butt in gear.
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It’s very exciting, but since I used today as the big launch of the Trixie Trim Down program all my littles have slept all day…separate walks for different dogs, but they all knocked out after breakfast…tomorrow may be a strength training day or some other type of circuit training.
Good for you! I need to lose about 40 lbs too. Chester and Gretel are fit though so I feel like I can “pass” on walks more without feeling too bad….which isn’t helping ME anyway. I am trying to be more consistent with walks but it’s a work in progress.
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You are funny… luckily you can go for great hikes in the mountains, something I can no longer do with my asthma, so city walks it is 😉 and honestly I would be happy just losing 20lbs
You’ve already had great success…I saw an infographic yesterday that said that for a small dog like Trixie, a one pound loss is the human equivalent of 10 pounds…You’re committed and off to a great start
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Wow!!! Then that puts us both on target for losing the weight we both need to lose!! Now that gives us even more inspiration!!
CONGRATULATIONS! We are so excited about Trixie’s weight loss and the fact that you see it in her stamina already – 2 lbs to a little girl like that makes a huge difference. And kudos to you for undertaking a similar journey. I know it can be tough, but use Trixie as your inspiration! Good luck to you and keep us posted! Great pic too. Thanks for joining the Hop!
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Thanks so much!! It’s with inspirational blogs such as yours that really help me out in getting the motivation I need to really apply everything to my dogs. One of the reasons I don’t train anymore is to give more attention to my dogs, but I haven’t really followed through as I thought I would. Thanks for all your help!
That’s kinda scary about the guy following you. I guess I wouldn’t want to walk either! Great picture of the two of you. You really remind me of one of my very close friends!
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I am now carrying my phone with me and a can of pepper spray. If it wasn’t for my neighbor at the other end of the block walking out of his house at the precise moment he pulled up to me I don’t know what would have happened… I used to be a cop, but it’s different when you are not in uniform or carrying a gun… I felt very vulnerable. 🙁